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Friday
June 19, 2009

11:37 AM

Anders J. Svensson
Walltat

Nine new wallpapers? You got it.

Grab any of nine new wallpaper designs featuring great advice, dragon-slaying soldiers, rainbow brightness, and an Adios tattoo you can enjoy vicariously without ever going under the needle.

Also available in device-top sizes for your iPhone. Because if you’re locked into a 3-year service plan with no hope of trading up, nothing passes the time like redecorating.

Friday
June 19, 2009

8:59 AM

Arion Predika
Draw

Interactive ink

Spanish band Labuat's interactive video for Soy Tu Aire puts the mouse in control of a ever-wet magical brush. Take it for a splatter filled spin. Via WeMadeThis.

Thursday
June 18, 2009

8:06 AM

Jon Parker
Muccareveal

Mucca Design unbag their new typographic identity

Mucca Design has serious typographic (pork) chops, having created dozens of identities for some of NYC's most memorable restaurants and food companies. Check out their latest identity system for Brooklyn Fare, with custom typeface, teasingly revealed through a video presentation. Be sure to stay for the exotic surprise ending.

Monday
June 15, 2009

2:53 PM

Anders J. Svensson
Sweetbikes

The world’s coolest bicycles

What are you riding around on this summer? If you're Toronto's Jason Battersby, you’ve got some some stellar options.

In canary yellow, his hand-built beauty Tequila Sunrise is Jetson-esque, with its rounded fiberglass body. Eye Candy is a meaner, greener machine that includes hand-made aluminum parts. Topping it all off, literally, the bikes were painted and pinstriped by Battersby and his father.

via @Behance

Friday
June 12, 2009

7:14 AM

Rosie Fiore
15117693

Banksy draws the line

Legendary guerrilla artist Banksy has done it again. Not content with graffiti masterpieces or planting an inflatable figure of a Guantanamo Bay prisoner at Disney World, Banksy has taken over the whole of the Council-owned City Museum and Art Gallery in his native Bristol. The exhibition invades every area of the museum, and each surprising exhibit expresses Banksy's iconoclastic humour and world view. The exhibition was mounted in extreme secrecy: not even City Council Officials knew it was happening, and gallery attendants were hired through the Job Centre just the day before.

Banksy said: "This is the first show I've ever done where taxpayers' money is being used to hang my pictures up rather than scrape them off."

Wednesday
June 10, 2009

10:43 AM

Anders J. Svensson
Dancole

Meet Veer’s new intern, Daniel Cole

Veer’s new summer design intern is ... Auburn University student Daniel Cole!

To claim his two-month, paid internship, Daniel beat out applicants from all over North America, winning our judges over with his personality, curiosity, and a new found enthusiasm for design. He was originally enrolled in anthropology courses, but decided to shift his focus. In his own words:

“Let’s just say that extended contact with designers can seduce someone tired of sorting indistinct bits of pottery in a cramped, dusty room.”

Daniel will be joining the creative team in Calgary to work on a mix of marketing, advertising, event, and merch projects. With a passion for typography, he’s more than prepared.

“I think type has had a lot to do with my interest in design. It’s one of the elements of design that's always available to you, and it shows your ideals.”

For those keeping track, this is Veer’s 5th design internship, and the 3rd filled by an Auburn student.

Monday
June 8, 2009

4:33 AM

Anders J. Svensson
Contributorlaunch

Veer Marketplace now open for contributors

Starting today, photographers and illustrators are welcome to sign up, and start uploading images to Veer Marketplace. Later this summer, your images will be available to Veer's customers – along with a fancy new credit-based payment system, and a variety of subscription options.

Does this sound like something you'd like to be a part of? It does? And you've never been more excited about this kind of announcement? You say the sweetest things.

If your curiosity is piqued, visit the new contributor page to find out more.

Thursday
May 28, 2009

1:06 PM

Anders J. Svensson
1how2009

There's still time to register for HOW

Less than a month until HOW, but there's still time to register. We've heard that some hotels still have rooms available at the conference rates. Which is waaaay better than sleeping in the park with a bag of free t-shirts as a pillow.*

And remember, because we like you and everything you do, you can save $50 when you register by entering the discount code VEER9 during checkout.

* Or could that be t-shirts, toys, stickers, buttons ... I can't say any more. Except that you should probably stop by the Veer booth and say hello to the team this year!

Friday
May 22, 2009

5:08 PM

Arion Predika
G_raff

Orangina hybrids

Orangina's human/animal hybrids return obnoxious, rude and randy in these recent spots by Paris agency Fred & Farid. A bikini-clad giraffe chases down her prey while a hyena mean-girl won't give a sister a break. But could you expect from more from human/animal hybrid instinct?

Tuesday
May 19, 2009

4:45 PM

Anders J. Svensson
Kerngame

Kern in Space, the game

Did you wear your Kern Zip-up when you went to see Star Trek the other day? It's not a regulation uniform, but blue enough that Spock and Bones might wear them if they had to travel back in time, go undercover at HOW, and steal swag to save future-earth.

While you wait for that sequel, get your space travel fix with a new Flash game that pays tribute to arcade classic, Lunar Lander. In Kern In Space, you fire thrusters to maneuver embroidered letters into place, then set them down nice and soft.